Chapter 93 – the rant

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Honorine Blanchard is yet another new character.

♫ Feed the birds! Tuppence a bag! ♪

Ah, nostalgia. Who got that reference?

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My copy of Gunnerkrigg Court Volume 1: Orientation finally arrived just the other day. I love it! It’s so glossy and shiny and new! I’m reading it very carefully, because it’s so pristine and perfect that I don’t want it to get out of shape. Don’t you just love a brand new hardback?

Incidentally, if you don’t read Gunnerkrigg Court, I urge you to do so. Right now. It’s my absolute favourite comic. If you’re not as obsessive a fan as I am, you don’t even have to buy it, since all the strips so far are viewable free online on the official website, starting here.

sulz is right, except for gender🙂
I just saw an add for the 45th anniversary edition of Mary Poppins! It’s one of those remastered editions. I think it was pretty colourful all along. I LOVE that film. “Just a spoonful of sugar…”
New books smell nice! If it’s a hardback, you have to break it in properly, you know!🙂
Another new character! I can barely keep up with the ones you already have! I hope you know what you’re about, me lad!
{hehe, It’s good for my brain, actually}😀
Thanks for the link. Haven’t read it but will check it out. Wow, you must be a fan!!!😀

I always try to be careful with my books, but somehow they never stay looking new.😦 But this one is extra special because it’s a glossy hardback, so it would seem like a crime if I got it all mishapen!😯

@ muse: I love that movie too! It was always one of my favourite children’s movies!😀

*gasp* My new book doesn’t need breaking in! It needs to be looked after and cared for and kept very safe indeed! (I’m sorry, I realise I’m being daft, but it’s not often I get hardback books!) And yes, it does smell very nice.🙂

I promise, I know what I’m doing (mostly)! If it helps, I’m planning to add a “cast list” soon (probably at the same time as revamping the “About the Story” page). That should hopefully clear up some confusion.

You’re welcome. I am definitely a fan of Gunnerkrigg Court; I adore it!! I think everyone should read it!🙂

Oh, dear. I inadvertently alarmed you! I was thinking of a friend I had some time ago, who was as daft, um, I mean, dedicated as you are about books. He claimed that a new hardback should be gently opened, and the pages turned back in several locations throughout the book so that the binding could be “stretched” a bit. He said that it was less stressful upon the binding that way, and would avoid possible breakage that could come from opening the book too far in the beginning and leaving the back part taut and straight.
I’m not kidding; he really said this. Perhaps I should introduce the two of you…No, I haven’t seen him for a long time, and, as it turned out, I otherwise didn’t care for him much.
He may be a bookish sort of freak, after all, but I don’t know if his advice here is sound…
As for me, I can nearly fall into a rage when I see people turn back a corner (or “dog-ear”), or, heaven forbid, WRITE in a book! (Even if it’s their own property, I’d prefer they not do this when I am near). Highlighting and margin notes are just barely OK in textbooks, but I don’t indulge in this behaviour even then!!!😮😀